War and Remembrance is a historical romance. The subject is World War II, the viewpoint American. This is a novel of America at war, from Pearl Harbor to It is the main tale I had to tell. The last words of Victor Henry's commentary on the battle of Leyte Gulf gave it plainly enough: "Either war is finished or we are". I have put this theme in the colors and motion of the fiction art, so that "he who runs may read", and remember what happened in the worst world catastrophe. As to the history, I trust that knowing readers will find it has been presented responsibly and with care. There is but one conclusion, that war is an old habit of thought, an old frame of mind, an old political technique, that must now pass as human sacrifice and human slavery have passed. I have faith that the human spirit will prove equal to the long heavy task of ending war. Against the pessimistic mood of our time, I think that the human spirit - for all its dark side that I here portray - is in essence heroic. The adventures narrated in this romance aim to show that essence in action. The beginning of the end of War lies in Remembrance., ISBN13: B00505VDWO ISBN10: B00505VDWO Material Type: hardcover

Herman Wouk